Keep in mind that television, magazines, movies, and even newspapers rarely show images of average-shaped bodies.

Sometimes love worked out, but more often it failed

The owl is one of the most curious creatures. A bird that stays awake when the rest of the world sleeps. They can see in the dark. I find that so interesting, to be mired in reality when the rest of the world is dreaming. What does he see and what does he know that the rest of the world is missing?

Perfume is magic. It's mystery. We recreate the smell of a flower. Of wood. Of grass. We capture the essence of life. Liquefy it. We store memories. We make dreams.

The secret, which is not so secret after all, is that the people who we love live on in our hearts, in the beat of our blood.

More than 3,500 hardcover novels are published each year. Even the most avid reader buys fewer than one a week.

There is no glory in honesty if it is destructive. And no shame in dishonesty if its goal is to offer grace.